NCHA World Championship Futurity

The NCHA World Championship Futurity (NCHA Futurity), hosted by the National Cutting Horse Association, is the debut event for 3-year-old cutting horses, and the first jewel in cutting's Triple Crown, which also includes the annual NCHA Super Stakes held in April, and the NCHA Derby held during the NCHA Summer Cutting Spectacular. The Futurity is held at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, which has been the venue for the Futurity since its inaugural event in 1962. The total Futurity purse in 2014 was $3.8 Million. Phil Hanson of Weatherford, Texas riding Classy CD Cat won the Open Championship and $200,000 in prize money plus other prizes that included a custom western saddle, a Jim Reno bronze trophy, boots, a leather recliner, and a gold buckle.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "2014 NCHA Futurity Recap- $3.8+ Million Awarded in Total Payouts". Equine Chronicle. December 17, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

External links

National Cutting Horse Association (U.S.)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, November 17, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.